By Sam McGowan
 Undoubtedly, the World War II aircraft type that attracts the most attention is the fighter plane. Yet, before the war, the U.S. Army Air Corps paid little attention to fighter development and tactics because its senior officers, with certain exceptions, would later lead the Army Air Forces with   More »

It was June 12, 1944 and Lt. Dick Winters was having serious trouble with his paratroopers in Easy Company. Tasked with attacking Carentan, along with other 101stAirborne Division units, only a handful of his men had followed Lt. Welsh of 1stPlatoon when the order came to move out. As a   More »

By Michael E. Haskew
The concept of elite or “special” forces matured during World War II, and the term became synonymous with extraordinary heroism, particularly against long odds. The editors of WWII History magazine have put together a Special Issue, World War II Special Forces, entirely devoted to these units and   More »

By Richard A. Beranty
The large number of Allied prisoners being funneled south to Rennes, France, following the D-Day invasion swelled the German transit camp to capacity so the decision was made to transport the men to permanent locations inside Germany. They had been captured from all points of the Normandy   More »

By Pat McTaggart
Colonel General Walter Model was a rising star in the German Army in early 1943. The son of a music teacher, Model was born on January 24, 1891, in Genthin, Saxony-Anhalt. In 1909, he joined the Kaiser’s army as an officer candidate, but the harsh training almost made   More »

The roles of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin in the betrayal of Eastern Europe.   More »

Relatively few U.S. generals lost their lives in World War II.   More »

The Battle of Cape Esperance helped dispel the myth of Japanese naval invincibility.   More »

Relics of the fierce World War II battle lie underwater, waiting for exploration.   More »

Photographer George Silk captured a familiar image of World War II in the Pacific.   More »